Snacks in the Stacks: Libraries Welcome Food Amid the Books

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

When Terri Curry mentioned last month that the library at Morningside College allowed students to eat among the books, she did not hear appalled gasps from the crowd of librarians, deans, and professors in front of her. What she heard was a burst of applause.

"I was thrilled," says Ms. Curry, vice president...